The three-time combined Olympic champion Eric Frenzel ends his career. “It’s a nice moment to resign now,” said the 34-year-old of the FAZ.
Frenzel, record world champion until the past World Championships, is retiring from the World Cup after 17 years. A week and a half ago, Frenzel won his 18th World Championship medal in Planica with a silver medal in the relay – no one else has more.
“This medal was my last sporting goal. The circle came full circle for me in Planica. In the end everything worked out again. Now it’s good. I don’t need any more confirmation,” said the native of Saxony, who lives in the Upper Palatinate lives.
From victory to victory – not only at the Olympics and World Championships
In 2007 “Effe”, as he is called, started in the World Cup for the first time, he was twice Olympic champion in individual (2014 and 2018) and once with the team (2018). He won World Championship gold seven times, five overall World Cup victories in a row (2013 to 2017) and won 54 World Cup races. Jarl Magnus Riiber (Norway/8) replaced him as record world champion in Planica.
Most recently, Hermann Weinbuch had already confirmed after the last World Championship race that he was retiring after 27 years as national coach of the Nordic Combined.